Unisex name · since 2016
Jehlani
Jehlani has 288 recorded births since 2016 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 2022 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #16,273 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #3,898 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 288
- born since 2016
- 2020s
- peak decade
288 babies have been named Jehlani since 2016, making it today's #3898 unisex name.
Social Security Administration records show Jehlani recorded 288 times among girls since 2016, holding rank #3898 nationally today, ahead of 77% of girls, peaking in the 2020s. This profile derives year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 2016 to 2025.
- #16,273 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #3,898 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 288 born since 2016
- 2020s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Jehlani ranks #16,273 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #3,898 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 288 born since 2016, peaking in the 2020s.
- #16,273 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #3,898 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 288
- born since 2016
- 2020s
- peak decade
Jehlani's 288 recorded births place it above 77.48% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
The state file records this name in 3 jurisdictions, led by Florida.
How Jehlani compares
288 44th percentile among 17,297 names currently given to girls
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked girls names. Names with fewer occurrences are grouped into wider buckets on the right.
Source U.S. Social Security Administration, national baby name data
How the numbers stack up
Jehlani's all-time total is 23% below the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Jehlani | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 288 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 44 | 21 | 19,840 |
Jehlani's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Jehlani splits its recorded history at 2021: 61% of all births land in the more recent half, 39% in the earlier half, a lean toward present-day use rather than a passing spike. The single quietest year was 2016 (9 births) -- compare that against the 2022 peak of 44 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Jehlani popularity over time - girls
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2016–2025
- Peak year (2022)
- 44
- Annual births at peak, across 10 years of records
Jehlani popularity over time - boys
105 total births recorded since 2000 (Jehlani as boys' name)
Jehlani by decade
2020s is the heaviest window (205 births, 71% of the file).
2020s was Jehlani's strongest decade.
205 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 71% of all-time use.
Jehlani births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 2010s
2010s
83 births
- 2020s
2020s
205 births
What this shows Peak: 2020s at 205 births (71% of all-time use).
Jehlani by state
Where Jehlani concentrates geographically, total births since 2016
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Florida | | 13 | 4.5% |
| #2 | Georgia | | 5 | 1.7% |
| #3 | North Carolina | | 5 | 1.7% |
13 of 288 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 3 reporting states.
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- Florida records the most Jehlanis (13 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. Florida names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 2016–2025 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Jehlani draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.